Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

242 reviews

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

l_will8889's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I had a really hard time getting through the 140 pages it took to get to the plot that was described on the back of the book. Two whole pages were devoted to transcribing a 4chan post with minimal punctuation, when we got maybe two sentences of lead-in to what should have been a shattering plot twist had there been enough build up. Ila’s perspective and motivations got lost, which made the events of the return to the House and the epilogue feel rushed. The pace and editing didn’t do the story justice (especially if you’re someone who has a hard time with poetry or reading when there aren’t a lot of paragraph breaks). 

That being said, the characters were compelling and difficult in a way that felt honest to their experiences. I loved the literal dual POV moment describing the absolute horror of what really went down between Alice and Ila in the House; the two column format was so unique and gripping I wish I could have read both simultaneously. Unfortunately, I just didn’t find myself enjoying the rest of this book as much as I wanted to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

lovelylilelle's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

yzlae's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed the meandering horror of the book

(the house and its link to everything else)

- but I found that it sometimes wandered into difficult-to-parse almost poetic passages. Some of these were pretty viscerally gross. I liked the metanarrative, but I had to wade through some ick to get there. 

Nicky Endures’ narration is spot-on, sliding through a range of genders and moods for different characters, with a very occasional creepy touch of audio modulation. Their narration of the house is extremely eerie and kept me listening even through the gruesome stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Antisemitism

bookishfaye's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a brilliant & rageful albeit explicitly horrific & triggering exploration of trauma, fascism, transness, transphobia, racism etc utilized through haunted house metaphor. A really powerful read holy moly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sakshiagrwl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Addiction

janisgoblin's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Transphobia, and Antisemitism

swamp_rat's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, and Deadnaming

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. While the concept is interesting and I liked the "character" of the House, I found the book often lacked the subtlety I expected. Maybe that's on me for not having accurate expectations, but it definitely had an impact on my connection to the book. The themes here are important and handled mostly well, but I sometimes felt like they didn't integrate into the story in a natural way, so I found myself totally invested in some parts of the book and then disconnected from others. I'll definitely read more by this author, and I can see why people love this book, it just wasn't completely for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol